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Black Students Seek to Strengthen Identity,Cut Attrition Rate through New SocietySOBE may not be familiar to a greatmany people on campus, but it is asuper-achiever in the School ofEngineering and Applied Science. Lessthan two years old, the Society of BlackEngineers is not merely a neworganization that looks good on paper,but a group with a reputation for getting things done.The brainchild of Charles Vaughn(BSEE '76) and Arnold Donald(Carleton College, BA in economics,1976, and a senior engineering studenthere), SOBE was organized in the fallof 1975 to give the more than 30 blackengineering students at WU a specialsense of belonging. Donald expressedthis need in Student Life last fall whenhe wrote: "The root of the problem, thedeterrent that is most difficult to overcome, is the lack of the feeling that onebelongs—i.e., the failure to identifywith the School of Engineering."Elaborating on these views in Ur-.bauer 221 where Donald, between classes and SOBE meetings, functions asassistant to Engineering School DeanJames M. McKelvey, he added:"SOBE provides supportive services toits members and aims to raise individual academic achievement. It alsostrives to arouse greater interest inengineering within the group in an effort to cut down the attrition rate. Iknow of about 10 black studentengineers who gave up last year—that'sa 'collective and individual loss we'restriving to prevent."SOBE's achievements, which havebeen accomplished with the support ofthe WU School of Engineering, areimpressive. It arranged for companyrepresentatives to come to campus andtell its members how to write resumesand put their best records forward. Itarranged tutorial sessions for thosewith special course problems. At theBlack Arts and Science Festival, itbrought in Norma Curby, a Blackstructural engineer at Monsanto Company, to speak. In addition, it performed many other more modest services, such as providing ThanksgivingDinner for those SOBE members whocouldn't make it home for thetraditional family gathering. What allthese services added up to was therealization among black studentengineers that they were part of agroup whose members cared abouteach other—enough to help each othermake it through a tough course at aquality school.In February, SOBE capped its efforts with the creation of a brochuremailed to more than 130 companiescarefully selected from Standard andPoor's business directory. The first 11- mi m1 RKIVRichard /V. LevineStudies and leadership of the Society of BlackEngineers at WU keep (left to right) WilliamHopkins, president, and Arnold Donald, a founder,busy. Both students are officials in the NationalSociety of Black Engineers.page edition of what is intended to bean annual publication, provided a capsule resume of the 28 black WUengineering students who elected to berepresented in it. Complete with an attractive red and white cover designedwithout charge by Al Schmiz of MaritzMotivation, this booklet was mailed ona Friday afternoon. The followingMonday, it began to pay off. RockwellInternational at Pittsburgh rang up,and by Thursday had recruiters oncampus to interview black engineeringstudents. Rockwell is coming back nextweek for school-wide interviews coordinated with their California unitwhich, traditionally, has come to WUfor recruitment purposes.WU sophomores James Turner andJanice Mitchell were flown to separateoperations of Celanese and its subsidiaries to discuss summer employment. Both eventually opted for otheropportunities, but Bennie Hernton,who will receive his BS degree in computer science in December at WU,went to work for Alcoa Aluminum inPittsburgh after being discovered in theSOBE publication. Says Donald: "Weheard from many other companies—DuPont, Union Carbide, etc.—SOBEis really on the map."It is also not alone. There are variations of SOBE on many college andUniversity campuses chartered by theNational Society of Black Engineers(NSBE).In April, Donald, William Hopkins,president of WU's SOBE chapter, andfour others from WU traveled toNEWS BRIEFSHOW TO COPE WITH TENSIONwill be the topic of a five-part course"Exploring Inner Space," being offeredby the School of Continuing Education. The course will meet Sundayafternoons Oct. 24 through Nov. 21from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Guidance inreducing mental and physical tensionsrelated to job problems, interpersonalrelationships and social situations willbe offered through training in bodyawareness, simple yoga stretching,meditation techniques and bodynourishment. The fee is 20. Toregister, mail checks payable to WU toMarilyn Pryor, Box 1099, WU. Forfurther information, call ext. 4261.GROUP FARE FLIGHTS forThanksgiving are being sponsored byWU's Student Union and AldineTravel. Flights will be available to NewYork, Washington, Boston, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Cleveland andChicago. For reservations and flight information, call Aldine at 994-7878.Pomona, Calif., for the Second AnnualNational Society of Black Engineersmeeting at California PolytechnicUniversity. Hopkins and Donald wereSOBE's two official delegates, andboth won national recognition. Donaldwas elected National ViceChairperson; Hopkins was selected cochairperson of Region Five which encompasses eight states including Missouri. Hopkins will produce and editthe NSBE newsletter.Both he and Donald have justreturned from an executive boardmeeting in Houston where they formulated plans to further the purposesof the national organization. The twoyoung men are natural leaders.Donald's accomplishments include attending Carleton College on twoscholarships—one from Honeywell,the other from Sun Oil. In 1974, hewon a SPAN (Student Project forAmity among Nations Scholarship) todo independent research in Brazil.After earning his engineering degreethis May, he and his wife, Hazel, a candidate for a degree in systems science atWU, hope to head west to Stanfordwhere he wants to earn an MBA.Hopkins is a graduate of FlorissantValley Community College with an associate degree in mechanical engineering and 8,000 hours of on-the-job training at McDonnell Douglas Aircraft.He also worked at Monsanto for twoyears. He, too, aims for an industrialcareer as a professional engineer withan MBA degree.Meanwhile, Hopkins is guiding theSOBE unit at WU with Donald, lastyear's president, at his side.(Dorothy Brockhoff)

High Alumni ParticipationReported by Alumni BoardAlumni involvement, the need forcontinued fund-raising efforts and theRed Rose Cotillion were among thetopics discussed at the Alumni Boardof Governors Meeting Oct. 2 oncampus. Fifty-five alumni, from citiesas distant as New York and LosAngeles, nine students and nine staffmembers attendedThe Alumni Board of Governorscoordinates activities of all alumnigroups on campus and across thecountry. Three basic concerns of theboard are fund-raising, student recruitment and social activities.Alumni participation in all threeareas is high. The Current Funds Committee reported Saturday that 21phonathons, with alumni working thephones, will be held before December 1in St. Louis alone. Approximatelyseventy such solicitation efforts aremade every year across the country.Thirteen hundred alumni are participants in the Alumni-Parents Admission Program. In this program, alumniand representatives from the Admissions Office contact high school students, attend college nights and encourage possible applicants to seriouslyconsider WU.Two groups, the Alumni ProgramsCommittee and the Student AlumniRelations Committee, concentrate onorganizing social and fund-raising activities for students and St. Louisalumni. The Student Alumni RelationsCommittee made plans for the RedRose Cotillion Oct. 22 in HolmesLounge. The "Report, Reflection andRepartee" dinners, where local alumniinvite students and faculty to Sundaydinner, will resume next spring. Usually 250-300 students participate inphonathons also conducted bymembers of this committee. Freshmenand sophomores interested in workingfor the committee should call EllenBrown or Marge Haring at ext. 4751for more information.Reunion weekend was scheduled forJune 3 and 4, 1977 by the AlumniPrograms Committee.ANDREW J. EATON, director ofthe WU libraries, has been named to afour-member organizing committee ofthe new Professional Board of International Federation of Library Associations. He will attend the firstmeeting of the committee at the IFLAheadquarters in the Hague Oct. 28-30.The WU Record is published weeklyduring the academic year by the Information Office. Editor, Janet Kelley;calendar editor, Charlotte Boman. Address communications to Box 1142.Open Eye Productions to FuseArts into Total TheatreAt Edison, October 22-23Howard Jones, WU professor of art, works with astudent and audio-equipment to produce a soundenvironment. A nationally recognized artist, Joneswas recently awarded a 5,000 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship to continue his workin the arts. He will use the grant to work on a seriesof drawings accompanied by sound tracks, theproduction of sound structures, and the creation ofsound environments.FREE SWINE FLU IMMUNIZATIONS will be available through theStudent Health Service for WU students, faculty and staff early inNovember. The exact date will be setafter the St. Louis County schedule ofimmunization administration is completed. Persons under the age of 21 arerequired to present a consent formsigned by a parent or guardian in orderto receive the immunization. Consentforms, available at the Student HealthService, Umrath Hall, should be completed as soon as possible.ARNOLD J. HEIDENHEIMER,WU professor of political science,Carolyn Teich Adams, former WUgraduate student, and Hugh Heclo, affiliated with the Brookings Institution,have won the Gladys KammererAward for their book, ComparativePublic Policy: The Politics of SocialChoice in Europe and America. The 500 award is a national prize given bythe American Political Science Association and is named for GladysKammerer, a 1930 WU alumna. Thebook was judged "the best book onNational Policy published in 1975."ULRICH DUBBER, a member ofthe West German Parliament and ofChancellor Helmut Schmidt's campaign team, will speak on "How theWest Germans Ran Their ElectionCampaign," Thursday, Oct. 14, at 3p.m. in room 252, Olin. A film on thesubject will also be presented. Dubberwill speak on German policy-makingat 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 15, in EliotLounge, Eliot Hall. The lectures arebeing sponsored by the GermanScandanavian Studies Area and theDepartments of Political Science andGermanic Languages and Literatures.Theatre of the Open Eye, a totaltheatre repertory company based inNew York City, will present a previewof a new Polynesian dance-drama,"Gauguin in Tahiti," Friday, Oct. 22,at 8 p.m., and "Op Odyssey," Saturday, Oct. 23, at 8 p.m. in EdisonTheatre.The Open Eye, founded in 1972 bychoreographer-director Jean Erdmanand author and lecturer on mythologyJoseph Campbell, is an association ofprofessional musicians, actors, dancersand designers who collaborate toproduce total theater performances.A unique blend of the performingarts, total theater fuses music, dance,dramatic action and song into a singletheatrical production. The idea forsuch an art form was inspired by theJapanese Noh theater and the symbolic"Plays for Dancers" of the Irish poet,W. B. Yeats. A New York Timesreviewer called The Open Eye "a company which, all around, has an amazing mastery of a variety of mediums.""Gauguin in Tahiti," originated,choreographed and directed byErdman, is based on French artist PaulGauguin's life and struggles in Tahiti inchoosing between two contendingworlds: the materialistic Western andthe idyllic Polynesian.Projected color reproductions ofGauguin's paintings, a specially composed score evocative of Polynesianmusic and a script derived fromGauguin's letters are integral to thefinished work."Op Odyssey," an evening of danceand poetry directed by Valerie Hammer, uses kinetic sculpture created byDoris Totten Chase. This three-partproduction explores the geometricprogression of form, from thesimplicity of a single steel arch restingon a bare stage to the exciting interaction of dancers, kinetic sculpture, lightand shadow. The production is basedon the poetry of Diane Wakowski.Ticket prices are 4.50 general admission, 2 for Washington Universitystudents, and 3.50 for WashingtonUniversity faculty/staff/and all otherstudents. Tickets are available at theEdison Theatre box office. For furtherinformation, call 863-3160.MICHAEL PARKINSON of theUniversity of Liverpool is serving asVisiting Associate Professor ofPolitical Science and Interim Directorof Urban Affairs at WU during theacademic year 1976-77. He served aschairman of the Department ofPolitical Science at the University ofLiverpool from 1975-76. Previously, hewas visiting associate professor inpolitical science at WU in 1972-73.

CalendarOctober 15-21MONDAY, OCTOBER 1812 noon. Five-Day Computing Facilities Seminar,"Introduction to SPSS," Dave Weible, computereducation specialist, WU Computing Facilities.106 Sever. Call ext. 3138 to register.4 p.m. Biology Department Seminar, "Studies inthe Population Biology of Plants," Otto T.Solbrig, prof, of biology, Harvard U. 330 Rebstock.TUESDAY, OCTOBER 193 p.m. Department of Chemical EngineeringSeminar, "Multiple Stationary States and NoxProduction in Combustion in RefractoryTubes," Stuart W. Churchill, prof, of chemicalengineering, U. of Penn. 100 Cupples II.WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2011 a.m. Academic Committee Lecture, VincentBugliosi, prosecuting attorney in the trial ofCharles Manson. Graham Chapel.4 p.m. WU Medical Center Faculty Council Lecture, "The Outlook for National HealthPrograms," Theodore Cooper, AssistantSecretary for Health, Department of HEW. CarlV. Moore Auditorium, 660 S. Euclid.7 p.m. School of Social Work Colloquium,"Changing Concepts of Sexual Well-being: SomeImplications for Social Work," Harvey Gochros,prof, of social work, U. of Hawaii. BrownLounge.FRIDAY, OCTOBER 153 p.m. School of Social Work Colloquium,"Marital Counseling," Edwin Thomas, prof, ofsocial work, U. of Michigan. Brown Lounge.THURSDAY, OCTOBER 214 p.m. Department of Chemistry Seminar, "Sudden Shape Transitions in Nuclei," DemetriosSarantites, WU prof, of chemistry. 311 McMillenLab.MUSICSATURDAY, OCTOBER 168 p.m. Feminist Coalition and Tomatoe Productions Concert, with guitarist and composer WillieTyson. Women's Bldg. Lounge. Admission 2.50.SUNDAY, OCTOBER 173 p.m. Music at Trinity Series Concert, with theMadrigal Singers, Orland Johnson, music director. Trinity Episcopal Church. 600 N. Euclid.Admission 3.50, students 50c.PERFORMING ARTSFRIDAY, OCTOBER 158 p.m. Performing Arts Area's King Lear, withworld-renowned actor Morris Carnovsky in thetitle role. Edison Theatre. Tickets for this AlumniNight performance are 5.FILMSFRIDAY, OCTOBER 157:30 and 9:30 p.m. WU Filmboard Series,"Bananas," with Woody Allen and Louise Las-"A Night at the Opera," a 1935 Marx Brothers film classic, will be shown at midnight Oct. 15 and 16 inBrown Hall Theatre. Presented by the WU Filmboard.ser. Brown Hall Theatre. Admission 1.25. (AlsoSat., Oct. 16, same times, Brown).SPORTS12 midnight. WU Filmboard Series, "A Night Atthe Opera," with the Marx Brothers, andChapter 2 of "Flash Gordon Conquers theUniverse." Brown Hall Theatre. Admission 1.(Also Sat., Oct. 16, midnight, Brown).SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16TUESDAY, OCTOBER 197:30 and 10 p.m. WU Filmboard Series, "It's aWonderful Life," with James Stewart and LionelBarrymore. Brown Hall Theatre. Admission 1.WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 207:30 and 9:30 p.m. WU Filmboard Series, "Balladof a Soldier," with subtitles. Brown Hall Theatre.Admission 1.25. (Also Thurs., Oct. 21, sametimes. Brown).EXHIBITIONS"50 Years of the Pulp Magazine," a collection ofmagazines, rare anthologies and limited editionscomprised of early works in science fiction andfantastic art. Works by Burroughs, Lovecraft,Bradbury, Hammett, Chandler and others. Sponsored by the General Studies Department and theDepartment of Rare Books and Special Collections Olin Library, level 5. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.Mon.-Fri. Oct. 20-Dec. 31."Campaign Buttons," a collection dating fromthe 1896 Republican convention. The collection,owned by Cathy Martin, a secretary in the Student Records Office, was started by her grandfather, Anton Kramolowski, who was aRepublican National committeeman from Missouri. Olin Library, level 3. 8 a.m.-12 midnight,daily. Oct. 15 through Nov. 1."Native American People: Resurgence andRenewal." A display of recent publications illustrative of the burgeoning interest in nativeAmerican peoples, their culture and traditions,and their struggle for human rights, soverigntyand self-determination. From the collection ofRichard Hazelton, WU professor of English.Olin Library, level 3, adjacent to the circulationdesk. 8 a.m.-12 midnight, daily. Oct. 18-Nov. 29.11 a.m. Cross Country, Dual with Principia Col.,at Forest Park.1:30 p.m. Football, WU vs. Illinois Wesleyan U.,at Bloomington, III.7 p.m. Soccer, WU vs. Blackburn Col., FrancisField.WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 203:30 p.m. Women's Tennis, WU vs. HarrisTeachers Col., WU tennis courts.7 p.m. Soccer, WU vs. Harris Teachers Col.,Francis Field.Annual Report(Continued from page 1)financialstringency.Unrestrictedmoney from alumni and corporationsavailable to the operating budget willprobably total about 8.5 million during the five year period from 19731978. The average of 1.7 million peryear for support of the operatingbudget of the central fiscal unit is onlysomewhat ahead of the average of thepreceding five years, 1.4 million. Theremaining 53.1 million arrives earmarked for a variety of excellent purposes. These gifts, while adding to thetotal endowment of WashingtonUniversity and underwriting capitalimprovements, strengthening academicprograms and supporting special activities, do not necessarily supply thebread and butter needs of this year ornext."The result is," the Chancellor said,"that we continue to share with manyother institutions of our country theneed to scale down some of our expectations, to plan carefully, to operatefrugally and, above all, to keep our expenditures within the resources givento us by society."

president of finance and development of McDonnell Douglas Corporation, was elected to the WU Board of Trustees at its Oct. 8 meeting. He holds bachelor of science and master of science degrees in aero- nautical engineering from Princeton University. After graduating from Princeton in 1962 he joined McDonnell Douglas